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0:00

Hello,
my name is Dr. Zoe Diana Draelos.I'm a consulting professor
in the Departmentof Dermatology at Duke
University School of Medicine.It is my pleasure to talk
to you about the scienceof cosmeceuticals.Many individuals do, indeed, believe
that cosmeceuticals lack science,but new technological developments
and a better understanding of skinphysiology has lent
credibility to this previouslyuncredible area of cosmeceuticals.The word, cosmeceuticals, is
interesting in and of itself.It's a contraction
of the word cosmeticwith the word pharmaceuticals.Cosmeceuticals was named
by Dr. Albert Kligmanas a way of demonstrating
that topical agents could haveprofound effects on skin physiology.This is the area of
dermatology and medicinethat we're going to explore
over the next several minutes.

0:50

Many cosmeceuticals
are, indeed, creams.And the goal of the cosmeceutical
is to find a cream that will takeaging skin and make
it look more youthful.All cosmeceuticals
creams are basicallytrying to find or
pursue youthful skin.

1:07

In order to better understand
what cosmeceuticals do,we need to delve into
the most importantaspects of skincare ingredients.In other words, if you're
going to develop a product thatis an active cosmeceuticals,
what exactly should it contain?